Securities Registration: Employee Benefit Plan (s-8)
May 07 2019 - 4:35PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on May 7, 2019.
File No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
22nd CENTURY
GROUP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified
in Its Charter)
Nevada
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98-0468420
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or
Organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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8650 Main
Street, Suite 4, Williamsville, New York 14221
(Address of Principal Executive Office)( Zip Code)
22nd CENTURY GROUP, INC. 2014 OMNIBUS
INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED AND RESTATED
(Full title of the plan)
Thomas L. James, Esq.
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
22nd Century Group, Inc.
8650 Main
Street, Suite 4,
Williamsville, New York 14221
(Name and address of agent for service)
(716) 270-1523
(Telephone Number, including area code,
for agent for service)
Copy to:
John J. Wolfel, Esq.
Foley & Lardner LLP
One Independent Drive, Suite 1300
Jacksonville, Florida 32202
(904)
359-2000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth
company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting
company” and “emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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x
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Non-accelerated filer
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Smaller reporting company
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Emerging growth company
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If an emerging growth company, indicate
by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial
accounting standards provided under Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
Of
Securities
To Be Registered
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Amount
To
Be
Registered
(1)
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Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share (2)
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Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
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Amount
Of
Registration
Fee
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Common Stock ($0.00001 par value
per share)
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5,000,000
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$
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2.21
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$
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11,050,000
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$
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1,340
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Total
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5,000,000
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$
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11,050,000
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$
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1,340
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(1) Represents shares
added to the Company’s 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan pursuant to an amendment and restatement approved by the Company’s
stockholders at its 2019 annual meeting, which increased the number of shares available for award by an aggregate of 5,000,000
shares. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement also covers
an indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock that may be offered or issued in the event of a stock dividend, reverse
stock split, split-up, recapitalization, forfeiture of stock under the plan, or other similar event.
(2) Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended. The price per share and aggregate offering price are calculated on the basis of the average of the high
and low sale prices of our common stock on the NYSE American market on May 2, 2019, in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the 5,000,000 shares available for future issuance under the 2014 Omnibus Incentive
Plan.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement relates solely
to the registration of additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a Registration Statement on this form
relating to an employee benefit plan is effective. Pursuant to Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement incorporates
by reference the contents of the Registration Statements previously filed with respect to the Company’s 2014 Omnibus Incentive
Plan on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 333-195380 and 333-217771).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized
in Williamsville, New York, on this day of May 7, 2019.
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22ND CENTURY GROUP, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Henry Sicignano, III
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Henry Sicignano, III
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
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KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that
each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas L. James and Henry Sicignano III, and each of
them, as such person’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for
such person and in such person’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) and additions to this registration statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully
to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents or such person’s substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of the 7th day of May, 2019.
Signature
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Title
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/s/ Henry Sicignano, III
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
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Henry Sicignano, III
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/s/ John T. Brodfuehrer
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Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
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John T. Brodfuehrer
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/s/ Nora B. Sullivan
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Director
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Nora B. Sullivan
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/s/ Joseph Alexander Dunn, Ph.D.
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Director
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Joseph Alexander Dunn, Ph.D.
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/s/ James W. Cornell
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Director
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James W. Cornell
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/s/ Richard M. Sanders
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Director
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Richard M. Sanders
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
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Exhibit Description
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3.1
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2010 filed with the Commission on
December 1, 2010).
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3.1.1
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Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the
Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on March 4, 2014).
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3.2
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Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 filed with the Commission on January 30, 2014).
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3.2.1
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Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
3.2 of the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April 28, 2015).
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5.1
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Opinion of Foley & Lardner LLP with respect to
the legality of the shares being registered (filed herewith).
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10.1
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22nd Century Group, Inc. 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan,
as amended and restated (incorporated by reference from Appendix A to the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with
the Commission on March 22, 2019)
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10.2
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Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement under 22nd Century Group, Inc. 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as
amended and restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April
14, 2014).
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10.3
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Form of Stock Option Award Agreement under 22nd Century Group, Inc. 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended
and restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April 14,
2014).
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10.4
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Form of Executive Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under 22nd Century Group, Inc. 2014 Omnibus Incentive
Plan, as amended and restated. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Company's Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 6, 2019).
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10.5
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Form of Director Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement
under 22nd Century Group, Inc. 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended and restated.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Company's Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 6, 2019).
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23.1
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Consent of Freed Maxick CPAs, P.C. (filed herewith).
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23.2
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Consent of Foley & Lardner LLP (included in Exhibit
5.1).
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24.1
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Power of Attorney (included in signature page hereto).
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Documents incorporated by reference to filings made by 22nd
Century Group, Inc. under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are under SEC File No. 001-36338.
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